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Links to information about nutrition. Find out about vitamins and minerals, food to eat, soy, fiber, natural food and more.
Food Additives and Ingredients Association
Includes information on food additives and food ingredients such as enumbers, emulsifiers, flavorings, colorings, functional foods, and preservatives.
Trans Fatty Acids and Coronary Heart Disease
Havard University School of Publich Health provides a scientific overview of trans fats produced through partial hydrogenation, the process of heating vegetable oils in the presence of metal catalysts and hydrogen.
Phytochemicals: Vitamins of the Future?
Describes phytochemicals, identifies the foods in which they are found, and suggest ways to obtain them from a diet.
Vitamins, Carotenoids, and Phytochemicals
Vitamin definitions, benefits, adequate intake guidelines, deficiencies, toxicities, and authoritative links.
Beef Nutrition
Nutrient data for the different cuts of beef from The Canadian Beef Industry.
Get FiberWise!
Get "Wise" about the "Whys" of fiber. Site includes dietary fiber information, a food chart and journal and tips for adding fiber.
Reference Guide For Minerals
Gives an overview and information on a variety of minerals and trace minerals.
Fiber Content Chart
Has list of foods high in fiber with calorie chart of grains high in bulk.
Vitamins and Coenzymes
Presents information on the biochemistry, functions, and deficiency symptoms of vitamins.
Mike's Calorie and Fat Gram Chart
Has calorie and fat gram chart for 1000 foods sorted by carbohydrates, cholesterol, protein, and fat listed alphabetically. Provides health and fitness links.
Lycopene
A comprehensive resource on lycopene and its health benefits including current research, media releases, and recipes.
American Heart Association -Trans Fat Overview
Reports on recent studies that show potential cholesterol-raising effects of trans fatty acids have raised public concern about the use of margarine and whether other options, including butter, might be better choices.
Natural Food: Grains Beans and Seeds
Covers legumes and seeds and their role in the human diet through human evolution. Focuses on the legume, grain, and seed species worldwide, and is particularly relevant to the legume/grain debate in reference to human biochemistry.
Mc Vitamins
A nutritional education site that has index of selected vitamins with scientific and health benefits of each.
ConsumerReports - The Stealth Fat
Article describing the prevalence of trans fats in packaged foods, the controversy over labeling trans fat content, and buying recommendations.
The Nutrition Guide
Comprehensive breakdown of all the nutritional elements of more than 6000 foods.
Medlineplus: Vitamins
Overview of vitamins needed for normal metabolism, growth and development, and regulation of cell functions.
Nutrition: What should we eat?
Describes food nutrients with dietary tips, discusses dietary risks, and gives links to additional information including nutrition books.
Vitamin Directory
Resource directory on several vitamins, health supplements, and news.
Revealing Trans Fats
FDA consumer article provides awareness of the risk posed by consuming too much saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol.
Includes information on food additives and food ingredients such as enumbers, emulsifiers, flavorings, colorings, functional foods, and preservatives.
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Trans Fatty Acids and Coronary Heart Disease
Havard University School of Publich Health provides a scientific overview of trans fats produced through partial hydrogenation, the process of heating vegetable oils in the presence of metal catalysts and hydrogen.
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http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/reviews/transfats.html -
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Phytochemicals: Vitamins of the Future?
Describes phytochemicals, identifies the foods in which they are found, and suggest ways to obtain them from a diet.
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Vitamins, Carotenoids, and Phytochemicals
Vitamin definitions, benefits, adequate intake guidelines, deficiencies, toxicities, and authoritative links.
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http://www.well-connected.com/report.cgi/fr000039.html -
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Beef Nutrition
Nutrient data for the different cuts of beef from The Canadian Beef Industry.
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http://www.beefinfo.org/nutrient.cfm -
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Get FiberWise!
Get "Wise" about the "Whys" of fiber. Site includes dietary fiber information, a food chart and journal and tips for adding fiber.
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http://www.getfiberwise.com -
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Reference Guide For Minerals
Gives an overview and information on a variety of minerals and trace minerals.
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http://www.realtime.net/anr/minerals.html -
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Fiber Content Chart
Has list of foods high in fiber with calorie chart of grains high in bulk.
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http://wehealny.org/healthinfo/dietaryfiber/fibercontentchart.html -
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Vitamins and Coenzymes
Presents information on the biochemistry, functions, and deficiency symptoms of vitamins.
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http://web.indstate.edu/thcme/mwking/vitamins.html -
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Mike's Calorie and Fat Gram Chart
Has calorie and fat gram chart for 1000 foods sorted by carbohydrates, cholesterol, protein, and fat listed alphabetically. Provides health and fitness links.
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http://www.caloriecountercharts.com -
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Lycopene
A comprehensive resource on lycopene and its health benefits including current research, media releases, and recipes.
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http://www.lycopene.org/ -
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American Heart Association -Trans Fat Overview
Reports on recent studies that show potential cholesterol-raising effects of trans fatty acids have raised public concern about the use of margarine and whether other options, including butter, might be better choices.
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http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4776 -
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Natural Food: Grains Beans and Seeds
Covers legumes and seeds and their role in the human diet through human evolution. Focuses on the legume, grain, and seed species worldwide, and is particularly relevant to the legume/grain debate in reference to human biochemistry.
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http://www.naturalhub.com/natural_food_guide_grains_beans_seeds.htm -
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Mc Vitamins
A nutritional education site that has index of selected vitamins with scientific and health benefits of each.
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http://www.mcvitamins.com/ -
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ConsumerReports - The Stealth Fat
Article describing the prevalence of trans fats in packaged foods, the controversy over labeling trans fat content, and buying recommendations.
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http://www.consumerreports.org:80/cro/food/trans-fat-303/overview/index.htm -
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The Nutrition Guide
Comprehensive breakdown of all the nutritional elements of more than 6000 foods.
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http://www.thenutritionguide.com -
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Medlineplus: Vitamins
Overview of vitamins needed for normal metabolism, growth and development, and regulation of cell functions.
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002399.htm -
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Nutrition: What should we eat?
Describes food nutrients with dietary tips, discusses dietary risks, and gives links to additional information including nutrition books.
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http://users.california.com/~parvin/nutrition.html -
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Vitamin Directory
Resource directory on several vitamins, health supplements, and news.
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http://vitamin.virtualave.net -
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Revealing Trans Fats
FDA consumer article provides awareness of the risk posed by consuming too much saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol.
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http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2003/503_fats.html -
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